As seven alien races struggle to co-exist in an uneasy alliance, the Inter-Stellar Union sends Union Guard agents on missions to preserve the crucial balance. These specialized operatives must do what regional security cannot, dealing with smugglers, pirates, terrorists, and even greater challenges in order to bring stability to a universe that needs it desperately. Without the Union Guard, the races will not be prepared to face a looming alien threat they can only hope to defeat together.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Judging Science Fiction (part 4)

Sometimes,
there's nothing you can do. I've written sci-fi that turned out to be
improbable in the future, and it wasn't because of a lack of
research. Things develop in unusual directions after your story is
finished, when it is too late to make any changes. For example, in
Solar Echoes there are infra-red and thermal goggles available for
characters to purchase. Yet I read recently that eyedrops have been
developed that allow you to see in the dark for a few hours before
they wear off. It's unlikely we will need to wear cumbersome goggles
in the near future to see in the dark, so someday, people will
potentially scoff at the Solar Echoes universe. I doubt something
like that will spoil the entire show, so to speak, but with each
discrepancy, a sci-fi vision will crumble and soon be disregarded.
When does this sort of thing not matter that much to a sci-fi fan?